Jessica Horne says she bought the hoverboard for her son, who had it for a single day before it burst into flames.

"It was just like a firework," she said. "Before I could yell ‘the house is on fire,’ the middle part just exploded into flames."

Her son said: "When it happened I couldn't believe it. It was hard to put it out. It was pretty big and caught fire fast.”

Other similar incidents are being reported. An Alabama man says his hoverboard burst into flames while he was riding it. On a video of the incident, he could be heard saying: "The battery just shot out!"